Scale.



N. ..NILSON.-

SCALE.

APPLIouIoN FILED 11:11.15, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEETl 1.

Z .25 Z4* 22 l o a gli Patented Apr; 2,1912. Y

N. NILsoN.

SCALE.

APPLmA'rxon FILED rnn.15,191o. f Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

' vented'certain new and useful linproveframe`3 opposite from the pan 10 is pro- 'pot 16 has a plunger 17 connected with PATENT OFFICE.

Nits NILsoi-i, or Wiersma, ninnnso'ra.

SUALE.

1,022,376. Specification of 'Application filed February 15, 190.

Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 2, 1912. l'

Serial No. 544,114.

To all whom it may concern Be 1t known that'l7 NrLs ILSON7 of Waye zata, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have 1nnients in Scales,of which the following is a specification. y

The primary object of my inveiltion is to provide a scale with a connect-ion between the indicator hand and the beam which will permit the location of the scale platform on the opposite yside of the beam pivot. I

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple, economical mechanism through which the movement.- of the scale beam will be transmitted to the indicator hand. a

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.` i

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out 'in the claims. y

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front view, partially in section, of a scale embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevatiom with the upper portion or dial of the scale broken away, Fig. 3 is a plan view, Fig. Il is an enlarged detail' View showing the connecting mechanism between the beamv and the indicator, Fig. 5 is a 'view similar to Fig. 1, illustrating the lower portion of the scale with a. modified construction of beam.

, In t-he drawing, 2 represents the base of the Scale, 3 is a' frame having knife edge pivots 4 on a standard 5. A scale platform 6 is provided at one end of the frame 3 and has a depending end 7 that ismovable in a slot'8 in the base 2 and is connected by a link 9 with a fixed point on said base. A pan -10 is mounted on the said latform t0. receive the article to be weighe A grad, uated beam 11 is supported by. studs 12 and 13 on one side ofthe frame 3 and is provided with ya movable weight 14. The end of the vided with a weight hanger 15.' A dasli the frame 3 on one side of the pivot 4 and a cup 18 is pivotally connected with the frame on the other side of the pivot and is adapted to telescope with a sleeve 19. A housing -2O is mounted on one end of the base a-nd'supports a` dialV case' 21 containing a inl 22 and an indicator hand 23. A toothed bar 24 engages a pinion 25 engagement withA the pinion. The yWheel 29 has knife edge bearings 33 in brackets 34 and is provided with a. threaded rod 35 whereon a balance weight 3G is mounted. A iieiible connection., such as a ribbon 37, is attached to the periphery of the Wheel 29. This tiexible connection ext-ends down under the wheel 38 that. is pivoted at 39 inthe base 2, and said ribbon is secured to saidy wheel 38 at 40 and extends therefrom up through the sleeve 1 9 and the cup 18 and is attached to Ithe frame 3, the telescoping sleeve and cup serving to exclude dust from the operiiting mechanism. f

-From the foregoing construct-ion it will be noted that the scale platform is located on-the opposite side of the beam pivot from the connection of the beam with 'the indica.n to-r hand and this arrangement necessitates the additional wheel under which the iiexible connection passes before being attached to the scale beam. Obviously it' the ribbon 37 were attached directlyv to the beam near the upper wheel. the depression of the scale pan 10 would have no effect whatever upon the indicator, as' the lexible'ceimection vwould be made slack instead of being drawn taut to oscillate the wheel 29. By providing the second wheel this difficulty is avoided and accurate weighing accomplished with the scale pan located onlthe opposite side of the beam pivot from the connection of the beam with the indicatorhanl.

In Fig. 5 I have 'shown a modified con struction whiehconsists in providing a short beam 3l pivot'ed on a standard. 5t. the depending end of the scale platform being con nected by a link 9 with a depending portion of the standard 5a.. The wheel 38@ anda flexible connectionf37 are substantially the same as shown in Fig. 1, except'the'v are transposed in position to the other side of the housing 20 and their functions are-substantially the same as heretofore described` 'with reference to Figs. 1 and 4.

I claim as niv invention z- 1. In a scale, the combination., Iwith `a base vlio and a scale beam mounted thereon, of a scale platform carried by one end of said and a scale beam pivoted thereon, of a scale platform supported on said beam on one side of its pivot, a dial mounted on said base, an indicator hand, a counter-poise wheel supported on said base, means operatively conneeting said counter-poise Wheel with said indicator hand, a second Wheel supported on said base beneath said first named Wheel, and a flexible ribbon attached to the periphery of said first named Wheel and passingunder said second named wheel and secured thereto and connected to said scale beam on the opposite side of its pivot from said platform.

3. A scale comprising a base, a scale beam pivoted thereon, a scale platform carried by said beam on one side of its pivot, a coun ter-poise. wheel mounted on said base, a dial, an indicator hand therefor, means operatively connecting said indicator hand With said counter-poise wheel, a second wheel supported on said base and of substantially the same diameter as said first named wheel, and flexible means attached to the periphery of said first named Wheel and extending under said second named wheel and secured thereto and attached to said beam, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, l have hereunto set my hand this 9th day ot` February 1910.

NILs NILsoN.

Witnesses RICHARD PAUL, L. C. CRONEN. 

